Standards that have patents in them are going to be very difficult and one of the big areas in the future that are going to cause problems for open source.
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ANDREW WILES Vents were added to the rear bonnet in 1972 and resulted in wet engines and starting problems, and t... CHRISTINA ENGELA That's going to be VEEEEEEERYYYY Nasty.... DEYTH BANGER That is one of the brightest spots in the TD story. That arrangement with Ameritrade is going to be ... JASON BILODEAU One of the questions I've always hated answering is how do people make money in open source. And I t... LINUS TORVALDS I can't even predict the complications that we are going to have to deal with in the future, ... And... LAMAN GRAY Loving open source and lobbying for software patents simply doesn't mix. FLORIAN MUELLER I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. I thank God for schools that are serious about the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are vital to perpetu... JAMES C. DOBSON It's going to be difficult for them playing against the entrenched players. They need one or two pho... DAVID LINSALATA This is going to set the standards for all the other inhaled insulins that are in development, ALBERT RAUCH Sure, (the Padres) are going to be the underdog. But they have a good enough club to beat somebody, ... TOM LASORDA From the corporate perspective, open source is a means, not an end, and if you confuse those you're ... ERIC ALLMAN A lot of the soothsayers and prognosticators could have been making it look like stores are going aw... JIM DONIO There's no question that we are committed to doing better in special-ed. As a system we aim for very... BRIAN EDWARDS Math and science and special education, those are the areas that are very difficult to fill. CYNTHIA MCNALLY The building fits in well and is very attractive. I think it's going to be the preferred design for ... JEFF TRININ All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD 28. Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It's what you do with them that causes the problems. JAMES C. DOBSON Matching that level of success is going to be very difficult, but the kids are working hard and hope... BRIAN ADKINS It's not who you are, but what you're made of. It's not where you come from, but where you're going ... CAREW PAPRITZ The suggestion is that open source would be a good thing for Solaris. However, there are trade-offs ... JEFF BERNARD If you look at any of the big companies, whether it is IBM or L'Oreal, they have a corporate rel... SANDRA LERNER We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn't know how difficult. ALAN BEAN When you meet the real problems of life, think of the real lessons of life for the real lessons of l... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If you now go off and develop new standards, and standardize certain processes, you don't have to wo... 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Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN We have tried to educate the guys. But we are not going to stick our heads in the sand. We are going... BRENT GUY It is going to be a piecemeal approach, people are not going to know what their regulatory commitmen... VICKI ARROYO In many cases, jobs that used to be done by people are going to be able to be done through automatio... JOHN SCULLEY We're committed that these natural areas are open to both young and old. We're still in the infancy ... DOUG WEAVER In my opinion, the patents are worthless, IT managers and entrepreneurs shouldn't be afraid of paten... VERNON KEENAN I don't even think its sunk in yet how lucky or how big this is going to be. They are just taking it... JEFF MALLONEE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES So this is going to be drill!? DEYTH BANGER Montana has problems, Idaho has problems. 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